Free Agent Derrick Jones to Portland

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  1. B-Roy

    B-Roy If it takes months

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    DJ Augustin in a crowd of arms. What the fuck LOL.

    Wouldn't mind signing him either.
     
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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    This dude is going to feast on backdoor passes from Nurk. Something we really missed was the Nurk --> Harkless backdoor cut.
     
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    I think the argument isn't that Olshey works the hell out of the fan-base to sell his snake oil

    it's that he can't sell being a Blazer to coveted free agents
     
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    Jones got on the floor for the heat because he plays defense. As far as being better, who knows, he's probably not starting so why does it matter?

    Also, it would be nice if he could shoot, but we have guys we can play at the 3 and 4 who can shoot in crunch time. Not to mention we had that last year, and it didn't help us beat the trap. Our problem is still that we don't have a good secondary play maker when guys force the ball out of Dame's hands. That hasn't changed. But at least we are addressing our godawful 29th in the league defense. One step at a time.
     
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    Winning brings free agents when you are small market and a cold weather climate that isn't really the culture NBA players look for. If you win they will come.
     
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    That’s really the difference between him and a Crowder who’s strictly just an inconsistent set shooter. This will be the best slasher Dame has played with in his career.
     
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    As I see it, it will be up to Stotts as to whether this is a good signing or not.
     
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    We were killed in the playoffs with a lack of swing players. Now, we are swimming with them.

    If this does not work out, the only huge contracts we have are CJ and Dame. The others are on affordable deals that are just the right size for a consolidation.

    Let's start the season! Super excited!
     
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    Yeah. Whatever. It’s all dumb.
     
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    Combination of a couple players and getting both Nurk and Zach back for a full season will do wonders.
    People have seemed to forget the Blazers only had Nurk for the Bubble and Zach was only there three games and a portion of the bubble.
    Now you start a season with both and add a couple wings that play defense and this team will not be 29th in the league on defense. My bet is top 10 maybe but certainly top 15.
     
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    Good thing is if he has to toss up a 3 from the corner you have Kanter under the basket if he misses it...one of the best offensive rebound put back guys in the biz
     
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    68% from 2pt range. He can finish.
     
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    I also like to think of him crashing the boards on those pick and rolls, when Nurk forces a shot too quickly and there's a miss to clean up.
     
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    Which free agent should he have signed?

    I ask that without much of an agenda because (a) I don't know the league as well as I once did, and (b) not all of the free agents are signed.

    I've heard Harrell... he signed for the same money, but I don't know why we'd need another big guy.

    Christian Wood signed for over twice as much (albeit with another year). Jerami Grant got $60m from the Pistons. Gallinari got $61.5m. Clarkson got 4/$52m.

    Again: I'm not disagreeing with you, but I feel like I'm missing something.
     
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    My favorite Blazer of all time is the late Jerome Kersey.
     
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    Yeah I was thinking that too. Do we have anyone else who attacks the basket like him? I know Nurk finally plays above the rim but I don’t think anyone else on the roster attacks the rim like this kid.
     
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    I'm worried there's a flaw to a lot of the thinking about this.

    that being that somehow, adding another one-dimensional player who is a non-factor on one end of the floor will work out better because his one dimension is defense

    Portland needs better defense to be sure, especially on the perimeter. But it needs to come in the form of two way players. It won't be a significant plus if Jones plays good defense but leaves Portland playing 4 on 5 on offense. We've seen that movie before

    I'm not saying that's what will happen. Jones had a .620 TS% last season which is very good, but he attempted less than 6 FG's a game

    Maybe he'll come in and be a good consistent contributor, But that MLE was Portland's best remaining asset. Right now, I'm inclined to think it was an overpay for the wrong guy in the wrong place
     
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    Sounds like you just described "improve on" rather than "replicate"...
     

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